Dads on a Map – Details, episodes & analysis

James is joined by Dylan as we discuss the board game filler and it's role in our gaming collection and game days. What makes a good filler and what are some of our favorites for different situations. Also recent plays of Sternenhimmel, March of the Ants, Chicago 68, Verrat, and more! Enjoy the show! 

1:21 Chatting with Dylan
9:49 Sternenhimmel
20:40 March of the Ants
29:48 Verrat
35:09 Chicago 68
44:35 Mahjong Mondays
48:20 Sol Last Days of a Star
58:27 Main Topic - Fillers

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Brandon joins James as the guys take a deeper look into the surprise hit of DoaMcoN this past year - Blood on the Clocktower. Including a briefing on what it is, what it isn't, the role of the storyteller, and both hosts' experiences playing the game with their local groups. Also recent plays of Torres, Thunder Road Vendetta, The Great Zimbabwe, and 1841. Enjoy the show! 

4:26 Torres
10:25 The Great Zimbabwe
12:27 Thunder Road Vendetta
14:58 Indonesia/TGZ on OBG
17:00 1841
20:40 Blood on the Clocktower
30:13 The Storyteller
37:00 How to get into it? 
39:20 Brandon's local group
53:15 James' local play experience
1:05:00 Brandon's DoaMcoN Storyteller Experience 
1:17:23 Making mistakes as Storyteller
1:24:40 Other scripts & content

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Derek & Drew headed over to the DFW Airport to enjoy BGG Spring Con 2025! Listen in as we talk Virgin Queen, 1830, Guards of Atlantis II, and many more! Enjoy the show!

0:00 - Opening Discussion

3:40 - Day One (Virgin Queen, Lepidoptery)

18:12 - Day Two (Liberty or Death, Tichu, American Bookshop, Prussian Rails, Ricochet Robots)

44:01 - Day Three (1830, Hot Streak, Rise & Fall, Nexus Ops)

1:12:47 - Day Four (LotR: The Confrontation, Ahoy, Guards of Atlantis II, Golden Cup, Vijayanagara)

1:40:10 - Day Five (Was Sticht?, Shut the Books)

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Joe takes the reigns and kicks off 2023 with all Root talk, all the time, welcoming in guests Guerric & Lily. They talk the upcoming 2023 Root Winter Tournament,  past tournament statistics, drafting strategy, tournament mindset, Moles, Root's longevity, and more!

1:10 - Introductions

6:14 - Tournament Structure/Changes

17:10 - Stats

27:00 - Drafting Mechanics and Strategy

51:00 - Are Moles a Problem?

1:02:39 - Getting Better at Tournament Root/ What makes a good competitive player

1:36:26 - Root's Longevity 

1:44:00 - Outro and Goodbye

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Check out Lily at https://makecraftgame.com/

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Join the COIN Collectors as we head back in time to 1290 India where we explore the challenges and issues of the struggle between three influential factions. In this episode we are joined by a new guest Xander as we discuss Vijayanagara: The Deccan Empires of Medieval India design by Cory Graham, Matthieu Johnson, Aman Matthews and Saverio Spagnolie. 

Vijayanagara is currently on the GMT P500 pre-order system, with a scheduled release of 2023.

0:00 - Intro (https://youtu.be/Wkn5Njw8alE?t=2316)
4:30 - Host Introductions
5:20 - Initial Interest / Previous COIN Experience
08:30 - Initial Impressions
11:00 - Strength of Events Compared to other COINS
12:00 - Difference of factions actions and degrees
15:00 - Setting / Theme of the game
18:53 - Playing time
19:17 - Sultanate Arc throughout the game
21:32 - Common problem with 3 player games (2v1)
23:44 - Interaction between rebelling faction
27:00 - Combat mechanics 
32:17 - Mongols!
37:00 - Comparison between Propaganda and Epoch Cards
40:00 - End of game(Timur Invasion)
42:45 - Initiative System
45:40 - Thoughts on number of revealed cards
49:40 - People Power - future COIN 
51:10 - Crucial Faction Events
57:58 - Replayability 
1:00:22 - Production
1:01:00 - Final Thoughts

This podcast episode uses these sounds from https://freemusicarchive.org/:
The Circle of Fifths 2.wav by Bus Window Clap: freesound.org/s/509526/ licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Intro game clip was taken from live gameplay hosted on the Guerric Samples Games Channel. Visit his youtube/twitch for more live gameplay of board games, both historical and not.

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It's a very special DoaM Holiday Episode! Join 8 DoaM hosts & guests for songs, games, shenanigans, laughs, tears - it's got it all. Thanks for making 2022 another great year for this community. NSFW warning on this one! 

1:15 Introductions
7:40 "I Just Want to Play Tichu"
12:30 DoaM Memories 2022
29:12 "Joe the Jacked-Up DoaMer"
36:00 New to You 2022
52:00 "Baby The Hotness Lied"
56:00 DoaM Draft: Christmas Movies
80:30 "You're a Mean One, Mr DoaM"
85:26 Dylan Gameshow: Process of Elimination
104:25 Cereal Cornflakes: The Origin 
122:38 "Bridges of Shangri-La"
133:33 The Cereal Cornflakes Incident
144:13 "Sanchez is Clickin' Around"
150:27 Getting all up in our emotions

Check out the DoaM For the Holidays Album on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUVXY-Qr8Oy0x1JakUL6Z3XOmfeokPEpe

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Join Joe as he visits Pax Unplugged with the DoaM recorder in tow to document the weekend and notable plays live along the way. Hear from Joe on a HOT mic in his car, in a diner, in the gaming hall, and apparently in an airplane hangar. Sekigahara, Pennsylvania Railroad, Klask, Cat in the Box, and more discussed on the show. 

3:10 - Clear the Decks - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/247957/clear-decks

5:00 - Gorus Maximus  - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/253756/gorus-maximus

6: 40 - 9 Lives - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/189190/9-lives

9:00 - Crokinole

10:20 - Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25021/sekigahara-unification-japan

12:50 - Day 2 Wrap Up

14:00 - Twilight of the Gods – https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/206904/twilight-gods

17:00 - Pennsylvania Railroad - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/270110/pennsylvania-railroad

22: 45- Klask -https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/165722/klask

- 25:00 Cat in the box - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345972/cat-box-deluxe-edition

- 29:00 – Gemini Gauntlet- https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/337238/gemini-gauntlet

- 30:30 Ghosts of Christmas https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/281619/ghosts-christmas

- 31:00 The Two Heirs - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369869/two-heirs

-36: 35 Pax Pamir 2E - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256960/pax-pamir-second-edition

40:00 Day 2 Thoughts and Pax Unplugged Size

44:00 Day 3 Wrap Up

45:45 1830 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/421/1830-railways-robber-barons

47:00 1862 USA - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11284/1862

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Join the Choo Choo Crew as we take a rare spin around the retail shopping options for Train Games this holiday season. Or maybe you'd rather give some game accessories or railroad paraphernalia? We also do a live 3P auction of The Old Prince 1871 and talk recent plays. 

0:00 Intro
1:16 Feedback
3:39 Triple Jumps
9:45 Live The Old Prince 1871 Auction
26:20 Recent Plays
40:30 Main Topic - 18xx
60:03 Cube Rails
74:00 Train accessories
87:00 Train Adjacent Games
91:00 Wrap Up

Follow along our 3P The Old Prince game from the live auction:  https://18xx.games/game/105910

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Join James and guest co-host Sanchez as we discuss Sanchez' recent trip to BGG Con and the haul of trick takers he got exposed to. Did this previously standoffish trick taker hater get converted to a full fledged card game addict? Hear about plays of 9 Lives, Le Plateau, TrickTakers, Eye My Favorite Things, and so much more. Enjoy the show!

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Sanchez goes to BGGCon 2022 in Dallas, TX! Lucky for him two DoaMers are there to help past the time. Out of the 75-plus games we played, which ones did we talk about? Let's find out!

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